I have some people asking.
we have a global network on i2p as well as tor (nodes strategically placed around the world, like europe, america, asia, etc), and not just for our core wallet,
but for our electrum wallets, and our web wallets as well..
when connecting to these networks, there is no ip of the user exchanged/logged.
say for example, you send me a bitcoin (or just about any altcoin). i can monitor the network and find your ip address,
because it is broadcasted throughout the network and associated with your wallet id. (open debug.log where your wallet.dat is kept and you can see what i mean)
if i were a malicious user looking to make a quick buck, using both of those pieces of criteria,
i can check the balance of your wallet, and i can run scans on your ip address to find an exploit/vulnerability/open door. there is a strong chance i have what i need now to get your wallet.
having your ip address is essentially having your home address, and now knowing your wallet id, i essentially know how much money you have.
https://blockchain.info/tx/62861efbd8afd01d0de0943f42e0af8e099f751c4a881c6e98fa7ccc3b47887b here you can see blockchain.info actually posts the ip that relayed the tx.
coin network monitoring is pretty simple on the clearnet (regular internet)
so an example of how our i2p and tor networks function is, that i, as the administrator of the web wallet, can check the users ip's who log in.
when i open our web wallet on i2p or tor, i see no ip address of the users who have accounts on it.
on our clearnet web wallet, i have a simple list of each users ip that has connected to it.
when implementing technology like this, we establish a much more secure and anonymous /private connection.
as a matter of fact, the wallets that run on our i2p/tor web wallets, and i2p/tor electrum servers, are also syncing on i2p and tor nodes.
at some point, i plan on even furthering the obfuscation by putting our tor and i2p nodes, on tor and i2p nodes.
(might sound a little confusing, but basically it would be having a private network, on a private network)